Responsibility- Be able and willing to respond
consciously to all relationship needs without guilt or blame.

Be
respectful and forgiving of mistakes made.

Successful
Relationships

To
have successful relationships with partners, spouse, coworkers, teammates,
children there are five essential factors: Joining, Honesty, Equality,
Commitment, Responsibility.

Joining: All parties must share a common
goal or vision for their relationship.

This
shared vision comes from communication regarding the needs of each individual,
their vision for the future and what they share in common.

Honesty: Honest communication is sharing
what really matters with no blame, guilt or withholds.

Honest
is a byproduct of integrity, living one’s life on purpose with openness and
appreciation.

Equality:
When both
parties are giving their best in each moment, there is equality.

Equality
is not measured by comparison: it is experienced when there is the willingness
to give one’s best even when it is less than the other. To quit or hold
back on one’s giving creates inequality.

Commitment:
To commit to the
fulfillment of the desired vision or goal and to the success of the
relationship requires always choosing what is best for both.

Decisions
are based on what is a win/win for all concerned. One must be committed
to what is highest and best for each party.

Responsibility:
Being fully able
and willing to respond to whatever is needed to create success through joining,
honesty, equality and commitment is being fully responsible.

Where
there is guilt or blame being communicated, there is inequality and
victimization as well as lack of responsibility.

To be successful requires staying conscious.

To be successful requires a willingness to communicate with respect.

To be successful requires an acceptance of differences.

To be successful requires open-minded and appreciation of all parties.

To
take on unconscious patterns of dysfunctional family systems will limit the
success of one’s joining, honest communication, true willingness to give.,
total commitment to what is best for all and assuming full responsibility for
the quality of the relationship.

If you
want success and fulfillment in your relationships, begin today to observe what
you can do to improve them in every way.

You need not depend upon the
other changing in order to increase the quality of your relating.